Lucky Dragon / Ben Shahn / 1960 (Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art)

ラッキードラゴン　ベン・シャーン　1960年　福島県立美術館所蔵

“I AM A FISHERMAN AIKICHI KUBOYAMA BY NAME. ON THE FIRST OF MARCH 1954 OUR FISHING BOAT THE LUCKY DRAGON WANDERED UNDER AN ATOMIC CLOUD EIGHTY MILES FROM BIKINI. I AND MY FRIENDS WERE BURNED. WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO US. ON SEPTEMBER TWENTY THIRD OF THAT YEAR I DIED OF ATOMIC BURN.”

放射線理由、米の７０点展示なし　６月に県立美術館「ベン・シャーン展」　 - 東日本大震災｜福島民報

The paintings that won’t reach Fukushima - The Mainichi Daily News

” To me, this turn of events is strangely ironic. Shahn was an artist who displayed an interest in nuclear weapons. At the same time, the Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art has been collecting 20th century American figurative art, and has expanded its collection of works by Shahn. Fukushima was prepared for a full-scale Ben Shahn exhibition, but following the explosions at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant — a facility representing the peaceful use of nuclear power — valuable works have been kept away from Fukushima.”

風知草：福島には届かない絵＝山田孝男 - 毎日ｊｐ(毎日新聞) 2012年1月23日

“　不思議な皮肉だと思う。シャーンは核兵器に関心を示した画家だ。一方、福島県立美術館は２０世紀アメリカの具象絵画の収集に努め、シャーンの作品を増やしてきた。その福島で本格的な「ベン・シャーン展」の準備が進んでいた折も折、核の平和利用施設が暴発してシャーンと福島を遠ざけた。”